Featherstone v. Folbre
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Petition for mandamus to St. Francis Probate Court. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a petition to this court for a writ of mandamus directing T. C. Folbre, as judge of St. Francis Probate Court, to enter a nunc pro tunc order as of the April term, 1900, of said court, granting to petitioner an appeal from the judgment of the probate court rendered against him on January 29, 1900, for $991.28, affidavit for appeal from the judgment having been filed by him, etc.
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Petition for mandamus to St. Francis Probate Court. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a petition to this court for a writ of mandamus directing T. C. Folbre, as judge of St. Francis Probate Court, to enter a nunc pro tunc order as of the April term, 1900, of said court, granting to petitioner an appeal from the judgment of the probate court rendered against him on January 29, 1900, for $991.28, affidavit for appeal from the judgment having been filed by him, etc. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction to issue the writ of mandamus to any inferior court. Const, art. 7, § 4; 1 Ark. 121; 25 Ark. 527;…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts.) The application is made direct to this court because it is said “the circuit court will not be in session until next March, a#nd the necessity is urgent,” etc.
Section 14 of article 7 of the Constitution provides: “The circuit courts shall exercise a superintending control and appellate jurisdiction over county, probate, court of common pleas, and corporation courts and justices of the peace, and shall have power to issue, hear and determine all the necessary writs to carry into effect their general and specific powers, any of which writs may be issued upon…
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